Some people take 10 years to write a book and some can do one in under a year. David Baldacci More Quotes by David Baldacci More Quotes From David Baldacci Anyone who's lived has lost somebody. David Baldacci lost It's hard, Cotton. To let yourself love something you know you may never have. David Baldacci cottonknowsmay You learn a lot about a person when she saves your life, - Mecho David Baldacci persons Because life doesn't work that way. You can do everything perfectly. Do everything you think you're supposed to be doing. Fulfill every expectation that other people may have. And you still won't get the results you think you deserve. Life is crazy and maddening and often makes no sense. David Baldacci crazypeoplethinking The military is a very cool world to write about. I went down to Ft. Benning, Ga., for military training, and I learned a lot about soldiers and officers and why they joined up and what their life has been like. David Baldacci militarysoldierwriting People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer 'This can never end up in a book.' And it never does. David Baldacci doebookpeople People who have expertise just love to share it. That's human nature. David Baldacci human-naturesharepeople It's the hardest thing in the world to put yourself in someone else's place, try to really feel what they feel, figure out why they do the things they do. Especially when it's easier to stick a label on something. Or someone. David Baldacci labelstryingworld Trapped in a trap of your own making. David Baldacci trappedtraps That's what civilization sometimes did to threats, real or perceived. They walled them off. Us against them. Survival of the fittest. You die so I can live. David Baldacci survivalrealcivilization A young man's ambition, can there be a more fleeting prospect? David Baldacci fleetingambitionmen Nothing, absolutely nothing, was above corruption so long as human beings were involved. David Baldacci corruptionhumanslong Half truths were a wonderful way to inspire credibility. David Baldacci halftruthinspire Life was not fair. If you wanted something you had to take it. Before someone else took it from you. Neatly dissected down to its essence, life was one long series of lily pad hoppings. The quick and the resourceful were able to adapt and survive; all others were simply crushed as a more nimble creature landed on the lily pad they had occupied for too long. David Baldacci essencelifelong Shaw, we're going to die, aren't we?" Probably. Why?" Just wanted confirmation. David Baldacci confirmationdieswanted All you have to do [to win a Pulitzer Prize] is spend your life running from one awful place to another, write about every horrible thing you see. The civilized world reads about it, then forgets it, but pats you on the head for doing it and gives you a reward as appreciation for changing nothing. David Baldacci writingrunningappreciation See, that why I ain’t go to church. Figger I got me a church wherever I be. Want’a talk to God, well I say, ‘howdy-howdy, God,’ and we jaw fer a bit.’ - Jimmy ‘Diamond’ Skinner David Baldacci skinnerchurchwant Human beings are infinitely fallible, completely unreliable. Science is not. Science is absolute. Under strict principles, if you do A and B, then C will occur. This rarely happens if you inject the inefficiences of humanity into the process. David Baldacci principlesprocesshumanity
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